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From: hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Norton Commander
Message-ID: <4330057@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Apr 88 00:44:36 GMT
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Organization: HP Technical Networks, Cupertino, Calif.
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>I found XTREE unusable, even though it has a superior interface, and
>better functionality.  XTREE scans *all* the disk directories as it
>loads, which takes a *long* time on my turbo XT w/a 30 meg disk.  Norton
>reads each directory as it goes there, which is much more efficient. 
>
>  Cliff Joslyn, Cybernetician at Large
>----------

I agree about the speed of the old XTREE on larger disks.  I have a
40 Meg configured as 32 & 8.  XTREE Professional works MUCH faster.
Don't know if it would be fast enough on an XT, but I find it plenty
fast on my 8 MHz AT clone.

John Hardin